Senior Platform Engineer
Halifax, Nova Scotia (Hybrid)
Starting at $100,000 per year
Maplewave is searching for a highly skilled Senior Platform Engineer to help shape the future of our engineering ecosystem. In this role, you’ll architect, build, and evolve the core platform that powers all product development across the organization. You’ll work closely with delivery teams, architects, and product developers, ensuring our platform is scalable, reliable, and consistently adopted across teams.
We’re looking for someone who thrives in a collaborative environment, communicates clearly, and brings leadership to technical initiatives. If you enjoy solving complex problems, driving platform strategy, and enabling others through modern tooling and automation, this role is for you.
What You’ll Do
- Lead the design, architecture, and evolution of Maplewave’s engineering platform.
- Drive the adoption of platform standards, tooling, and modern engineering practices.
- Build and refine GitLab CI/CD pipelines and internal automation tools.
- Design and manage cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code (AWS/Terraform).
- Implement observability across logs, metrics, and tracing to support operational excellence.
- Mentor engineers and collaborate across delivery, architecture, and product teams.
- Identify workflow challenges and lead initiatives that improve developer experience.
What We’re Looking For
- Several years of hands-on experience in platform engineering, DevOps, SRE, or related fields.
- 3+ years in a technical leadership role, influencing cross-team technical decisions.
- Strong skills in cloud architecture (AWS), automation, containers, and infrastructure-as-code.
- Experience with modern CI/CD practices and developer productivity tooling.
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly and effectively.
- A collaborative, solution-focused mindset and commitment to high engineering standards.
Education & Certifications (Preferred)
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent experience).
- Certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect, AWS DevOps Engineer, Kubernetes (CKA/CKAD/CKS), Terraform Associate, or GitLab CI/CD Specialist.
Nice-to-Have Skills
- Knowledge of GitOps workflows, service mesh technologies, secrets management, or policy-as-code.
- Experience with React for internal tooling or PowerShell for Windows-based automation.
- Exposure to large-scale engineering environments and modern developer experience platforms.
Working Conditions
- Hybrid work environment with extended computer use.
- Occasional travel for collaboration or customer solution reviews.
- Participation in maintenance windows or incident response as needed.
Why Join Maplewave?
At Maplewave, our values shape everything we do: Care Deeply, Be Humbly Confident, Do the Right Thing, Do What You Say, and Continuous Curiosity. We offer a supportive, flexible, and innovative work environment where you’ll be part of a team that’s passionate about delivering solutions to clients worldwide.
AI Usage Disclaimer
Maplewave leverages AI-powered assistive tools in the initial pre-screening phase of our recruitment process to efficiently review applications for relevant qualifications, skills, and experience. It’s crucial to understand that while AI helps streamline these initial steps, human involvement remains a critical and integral part of our process; our talent acquisition team conducts all final reviews, makes progression decisions, and ensures a fair and unbiased evaluation of every candidate.
We are committed to transparency and regularly audit our AI tools to mitigate bias, handling all personal information with strict confidentiality and in accordance with applicable data privacy laws.
Apply Now
If you’re ready to take the next step in your career and grow with a company that values people, apply today!
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $100,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site gym
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Vision care
- Wellness program
- Work from home
Application question(s):
- Are you currently located in Nova Scotia and legally eligible to work in Canada?
- Do you have experience collaborating across multiple engineering teams to communicate technical concepts and drive the adoption of new tools, platforms, or technologies?
Experience:
- Platform Engineering or DevOps: 3 years (required)
- technical leadership : 3 years (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Dartmouth, NS B3B 1Y2